Kabul Sep 27 (IANS) Afghan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah who is being accompanied by some 200 Afghan businessmen left Kabul early on Wednesday for New Delhi to attend a trade show but will also hold talks with Indian officials.
He is expected to hold discussions with Indian officials on a number of issues including the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in the economic sector including the carpet industry and the establishment of a joint chamber of commerce and industries TOLONews reported.
Jawid Faisal deputy spokesman for the CEO said that "this trip aims to strengthen and expand Afghanistan s economic ties with India."
He said that Abdullah will also attend the joint Afghan-India exhibition which has been organised with the help
of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
It is expected that Abdullah will meet India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi President Ram Nath Kovind Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and NSA Ajit Doval among others while in India.
--IANS
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